Paper Dance 55 Latino Poets

, by Cruz, Victor Hernández; Quintana, Leroy V.; Suarez, Virgil

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ISBN: 9780892552016 | 0892552018
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/17/2000

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A definitive anthology of the best United States Latino and Latina poets from diverse origins in the Latin world: Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Puerto Rico: Julia Alvarez, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Juan Felipe Herrera, Pat Mora,Alberto Alvaro Ríos, Luis J. Rodrguez, and Tino Villeanueva, aswell as emerging writers, including Sandra M. Castillo, Adrian Castro,Silvia Curbelo, Diana Rivera, and Gina Valdez.

Introduction
Shame	p. 3
L.A. Prayer	p. 4
Storm Windows	p. 5
Dusting	p. 5
Homecoming	p. 6
from Poem VI	p. 9
from Poem XXIII	p. 10
Leavings	p. 12
Abuelo Leopoldo Sneaks a Bite of Cream Cheese	p. 13
For El Nino on His Arrival in The United States	p. 14
Pulling the Muse from the Drum	p. 15
Herald of Cocos (I)	p. 17
Morning Geography	p. 20
Women Talk of Flowers at Dusk	p. 21
The Poet Is Served Her Papers	p. 23
Blue Full Moon in Witch	p. 24
From the Cables of Genocide	p. 24
The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica	p. 26
The Medium's Burden	p. 27
My Grandfather's Hat	p. 28
On Being Alone: Berkeley, 1969	p. 30
Rehearsals for the Wreck	p. 31
from Mesa Blanca	p. 32
Mesa Blanca	p. 33
Time Zones	p. 35
Photograph from Berlin	p. 39
Summer Storm	p. 40
Witness	p. 41
The Lover of a Subversive Is Also a Subversive	p. 43
Coca-Cola and Coco Frio	p. 44
La Tumba de Buenaventura Roig	p. 45
Who Is Going to Tell Me?	p. 48
Oshun's Love Poem	p. 51
Ocha	p. 52
Nobody Knows My Name	p. 54
Ghost Writing	p. 54
Bilingual Blues	p. 55
La Curandera	p. 57
When Living Was a Labor Camp Called Montgomery	p. 58
Day of the Dead	p. 60
Red Line	p. 61
Outline for a Cuban Folk-Dance	p. 62
Prague, 1924	p. 63
Mestiza Legacy	p. 65
Telling	p. 67
It Happens While Presidents Play Golf	p. 70
The Recurring Dream of the Snakes as a Gift for My Aching Shoulder	p. 73
How?	p. 75
Homage to Lucian Blaga	p. 77
Memory of the Hand	p. 81
B.C., Before Clinton	p. 83
"Damn!"	p. 84
Rain Lantern	p. 85
Tropical Weather Report	p. 85
The Structure of a Dream	p. 86
Southern California Nocturne (Circa 1964)	p. 87
The Sea During Springtime	p. 90
Sorting Miami	p. 94
Finding Home	p. 95
An Unexpected Conversion	p. 96
El Elvis	p. 97
Family	p. 98
The Spy	p. 99
Juana La Loca	p. 101
Christmas at the Health Care Center on the West Mesa	p. 102
Discourse of the Severed Head of Joaquin Murieta	p. 103
Hit and Run	p. 106
Discovering America	p. 107
Standard Time: Novena for My Father	p. 110
Variations on Omar Sharif	p. 111
Unlucky Cracks	p. 113
The Sierras	p. 113
The Chase	p. 114
Ethnic Poetry	p. 116
Ode	p. 116
The Old Man	p. 117
Calle de la Amargura	p. 119
Philadelphia	p. 120
Cuba	p. 120
EcologicHumanitarianIsm	p. 122
The Pigeon Squawk	p. 123
Artista Cubano	p. 126
Sly Woman	p. 127
Amantes Sin Tiempo	p. 128
Lorca in Hell	p. 129
Repetitions	p. 131
Summer of the Body	p. 132
Mariano, the Air	p. 133
Frutas	p. 135
Mulata	p. 136
Carlos Alfonzo	p. 138
The First Rock and Roll Song of 1970	p. 140
Ode to Witch Liberty	p. 141
Nighttime Sunshine Mind Game	p. 144
Aye Que Maria Felix (or Maria Was No Virgin)	p. 147
Post-Colonial Contemplations	p. 148
Poem Written During One of My Yearly Visits from California	p. 151
Don Chuey	p. 152
Kid Hielero	p. 153
Combing My Hair in the Hall	p. 156
Poetry of Holy Water	p. 158
Bird Language	p. 159
Death of the Lady Slipper	p. 163
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940)	p. 165
The Dream	p. 166
Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair (1940)	p. 166
They Come to Dance	p. 168
Bethlehem No More	p. 170
Deathwatch	p. 172
Muchacha (After Jamaica)	p. 178
Again I Find Him	p. 181
Marilyn Monroe Indian	p. 182
Uncles (Who Lie Still and Perfect)	p. 184
For Kathy Who Likes Happy Endings	p. 189
Alba	p. 189
For Carrie	p. 190
Izquierdo	p. 192
Jicotea/Turtle	p. 193
Letter to Ti	p. 196
Marked	p. 197
Compliments	p. 198
Night in Oaxaca	p. 200
The Girl in the Treehouse	p. 201
English Con Salsa	p. 203
Where You From?	p. 204
The Hands	p. 205
New York City Mira Mira Blues	p. 207
Cante Jondo	p. 211
Ronda	p. 213
Why My Mother's Teeth Remained in Cuba	p. 214
First Breakfast	p. 214
Delicious Death	p. 216
The Wind	p. 218
An Act of Creation	p. 219
Scene from the Movie GIANT	p. 221
Haciendo Apenas La Recoleccion	p. 222
Pony	p. 224
Trans Pacific	p. 225
Biographical Notes	p. 227
Acknowledgments	p. 239
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